First Baptist Church Dallas Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Senior pastors== W. W. Harris was the first pastor and was followed by several others during the early years of the church. In 1897, the first of the two most notable pastors, [[George Washington Truett]], accepted the position of Pastor and remained there until his death in July 1944. In 1944, Dr. [[W. A. Criswell]] became the pastor of the church. During his pastorate, the church expanded to multiple buildings covering five blocks in Downtown Dallas, eventually becoming the largest Southern Baptist church in the world. Dr. Criswell became Pastor Emeritus from 1995 until his death in 2002. In 1990, [[Joel C. Gregory|Joel Gregory]] became pastor, followed by [[O. S. Hawkins]] in 1993, [[Mac Brunson (pastor)|Mac Brunson]] in 1999, and [[Robert Jeffress]] in 2007. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page